Tim Leader: This is the worst drought I remember ever having

'Even after rain, it's still going to take 2-3 weeks for the farm to recover'

Teagasc Signpost farmer Tim Leader: 'Right now I am thinking we will struggle to build grass this Autumn.' Picture: Dan Linehan

This has been a difficult grass year for us on the farm, right from the beginning of the year but you will have those years. 

Right now we are feeding 5kg of ration and 2kg of silage. We are in a drought situation, although not a brown drought, despite the fact that the farm is a high farm and a heavy farm. Even back in 2018 when there was severe drought, we didn’t need to feed silage on the farm.